Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-03

CAMPDELl.,s srock nNDacATOR.
The Trial sa sAe Cvsnanas Coass -
Dcaes0ins Wheshes % n . Gaming
Devics.
In the Criminal Co1rt Judge Meotgomery, IN
the thai Of C L Campbell charged with vtsaa-
ton OF the gaming sck b. means OF . device
known - STOCK Indicator, q fSSS stfeet noesh-
west Mr.. Moore. who appears with sudge wilson,
made bfief opening statement YESTERDAY sfsef.
noon, and 0mcef & !. Bicck testified % having
been In the place Of Mr. Campbell % fesssyiva-
MIA avenue several times, and TIE wttncss i1esta.
ned the apparatus In question:
SIsffnoSy So.pAc.
The raiding warrant was admitted IN evi0euoe
this morning. snd Mr.. Block resumed the staad.
and testified by reading his report Of February g.
1855, 70 Major Dye, then superintendent Of police,
that he lBiockl found CampeelIS front once utted
s nP IKE ssr oSsess once and IN me escs rSon
A, n. q. 8, o. q. 8, &c, and machine the same
"a OF one similar To, taat exhibited. The wttDces
tne @ssni.s ss being iscss "a Plate
The front showed advance" and ssdecliue,- and
numbers appeared on tue cards Mr.. CampVell ex.
the patentee, and witness thinks he said another
party Was interested. Mr.. Campbell said That ne
made tine prices himself, and placed the cards 10
disturbed during tine day. Mr.. Block then ex-
planned that buyers, or players, would purchase .
ticket nl!ing u up and hand Il 70 /. clerk, Sno
and afterward some would Win moaey ana others
would lose. M. Campbell said hs vas runnang the
machine more IS an exhibit than otherwise.
ton Wi1S the stocs na s and H~ mai he hsa
charged but per cent, while brokers connected
with tine stock market charged zen. Tue inl.aals
BondS" sStons standard on Co. seVssnsrn
Arizona" &c. II q card appeared q tbs uppes
STAT indicated an advance, and n ossew thss
In the examination Mr.. Lipeccmb used the word
"eetter,n and Mr. Wilson suggested that sosns
sc%sr- might Se used Tss Winning s S or ,ssins ~a:
governed BY the accidental riss or fai q the cAfaA
'sTIcEERS"
On cross-exanination hr. Wilson asked how
many places there were where stock gamblag u
carried on, and stated IL was designed to snow
that substantially the same business Wa carried
on elsewhere, the price In Mr.. Camp5slls betng
indicated Dy machine and In other places oJ
Mr. block said that there we're nrrsen o. twenty
The defense endeavored to get In the fact thai
the grand jury had ignored q similar eharg'
The district attorney asked II he had found the
same stocks QuoteI at other brokers oinces
Mr.. Wilson objected, ana M. Wortuington said
that they expected 10 that the stock prices In
dicated by the machine were OF little or no value
TEE couKT IN SEARCH or INFORMATION.
The court asked n the only difference was thai
the ticker indicated what Jay Gould or some otheI
man happened 10 pay for his stock, and In the ma
chine the price was requested by the dropping o.
the card
The witness replied that that was the case
Mr.. LlpScomb asked II the price Of stocks Is moi
regulated by the output OF the mine or earnings q
the railroad.
Mr. BLOCK said such was the case
TESTIMONY OF DETECTIVE RarF.
Detective Ran testified thai he was with Mr.
Block In the Office over Milburns drug store, ant
cOrroborated his testimony N tine main. On cross
examination witness said Mr.. Campbell said Ia
va, pr pared 10 deliver the stocks al the prices la
dicated.
Thos. M. steep testified that he had bought stool
at CainpoeIis and wOL, and Described how the ris'
OF the card Indicated his .'earnlnys." Oa cross
examination witness said he understood that Ia
was
DEALING on A MARGIN.
]. ". Corson tesdned that he was broker, AND
his firm had wires to New York. He did not know
Of any stocks OF the initials used in the Indicator
On cross-examinstion witness explained the man
ner OF dealing In stocks. saying that the dcale
might not see any OF the stock. He was under TIM
IMPRESSION that but three mining stocks wer
were also some unlisted stocks There were man,
such stocks not listed In his Office they nsd
board with stats for the insertion Of tickets !
on the board, and as the market rises or falls Tn,
cards with the ngures are inserted
lRFoRMAT1OH ABOUT STOCKS.
Judge Wilson asked how many years since th,
Erie railroad mad paid dividend. stating That N
proposed to show BY this witness that Erie stool
was like that In the charge In the indictment
worth little or nothing.
witness said he WAS quite sure II was Ten years
and he believed that there was but little prosp0c
OF its so doing unless re0rga Sutro tunue
stock, the par va.ue being $40 or $40, was listed
- or a cents
BY the court-On orden their corresponds
mat n. ov,A m N
BY Mr.. " ilson-A man may say, 81 want to eel
500 shares Of krfe," and we cell wnen he has not
share, nd We borrow the stock and deliver, hold
ing ms money 70 secure US from loss
MARRIAGE LICBNsRs-MaTfage licenses have bee
issued by the clerk OF the court 70 l. j. A. Clark
aud Fanny Gray; Rocert Brooks and Anna l. Col
bert; Edwin Brown and Rachel Henson, b0uh O
Prince Georges Co., Nd; W. w. Ferguson an
Carrie Frances Hoffman, both Of Cuipeper Co.. Va
Edward Wagner and sarah T. WnitIner, both O
Prince william CO., Va: Eiegner Williams an,
Hattie v. Norman; George j. Marshal and Allo
Meredith Liverpool; John =. Howard and Mary 4
Champ; Alexander kenuoe and Mary Keller; X II
TascO and Loudon lawson; w. l. Goodwin ant
Carroll; E. p. Willis and Harriet stewart.
THE DYNAMITE TORPEDO AND 0UN.-Lieut. "a
linsni visited the Ordnance Bureau, War Depart
ment, to-day and made an Interesting explanation
or his dynamite torpedo and the methods or load
ing and firing his dy namite pneumatic gun. Gen
Bcnet, Gen. Duane, Gen. Kilton, MAI. Adams, q
the En9ineer corps, and Capt. SMITH, of the ord
nance department. were among the attentive Ms
tenefS